Canada Football Staff Sent Home Over Olympic Drone Scandal

An assistant coach and an analyst with the Canadian girls’s soccer staff had been on Wednesday despatched house from the Olympics for his or her half in a spying scandal. Head coach Bev Priestman additionally introduced she’s going to take no half within the opening sport of Canada’s gold medal defence, in opposition to New Zealand. The choices come after a workers member was detained by French authorities for flying a drone over a New Zealand coaching session this week in Saint-Etienne. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) stated it had since realized of a second incident involving New Zealand, which formally lodged a criticism with the IOC integrity unit and demanded solutions from Canada.

“The COC is in contact with the IOC and in contact with FIFA. Canada Soccer has been transparent and cooperative throughout the process,” the COC stated.

“The COC will continue to review this matter and may take further action if necessary.”

It named the workers members despatched house as Joseph Lombardi, an unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer, and Jasmine Mander, an assistant coach to whom Lombardi reported.

Priestman stated she didn’t suppose it might be acceptable to be on the bench for the conflict in opposition to New Zealand on Thursday.

“On behalf of our entire team, I first and foremost want to apologise to the players and staff at New Zealand Football and to the players on Team Canada,” she stated.

“This does not represent the values that our team stands for.

“I’m in the end liable for conduct in our programme. Accordingly, to emphasize our staff’s dedication to integrity, I’ve determined to voluntarily withdraw from teaching the match on Thursday.”

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